Well continuing with my Dorset at war theme.took the family to the beach today as it was just perfect weather,so we travelled to middle Beach at Studland,but all along I had an ulterior motive,I had come to see what is now classed as "Dorsets most important relic" of ww2.Fort Henry was a purpose built observation bunker built in 1943 by Royal Canadian Engineers hence the name,it is 90 ft long,the walls are 3ft thick and the viewing slat is 80 ft long,and it was within this bunker that the top brass watch 5 rehearsals of the preperations for the D Day landings,the most famous was operation "Smash" that took place on the 18 april 1944,this is known as the largest live ammunition exercise of the war,the 1st Battalion of the "Dorsets" took part,the bunker laid covered for decades until it reopened in feb-2002 and was taken over by the "National Trust" in 2011 and is now declared a grade 11 listed building,and directly behind is the control room built into the Earth with twin stairwells and four external vents,also there are remains of something round at the entrance which im not sure of (pic included),hope you enjoy these images as much as i did taking them,never mind my son he luvs all this ww2 fussing around............Jake.
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